Andrea Daly

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Andrea Daly (born 1965) is a New Zealand jeweller and arts teacher. She was born in Wellington and grew up partly in the Hokianga, where Catholic ideas have influenced her work. Daly studied at Sydney College of the Arts, earning a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 1987 and a Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts in 1988, majoring in contemporary jewellery. She later completed a Master of Philosophy in Art History at Auckland University in 1998.

In 1991 she became a partner in Fingers Contemporary Jewellery and taught at the Manukau Institute of Technology until 2004. Daly’s jewellery often uses Catholic imagery, including Madonna icons and ex votos, with motifs like angels, hearts, skulls and wings. She creates beaded and embroidered surfaces that recall religious garments, using materials such as gold leaf and paper collages.

Her work has been shown widely in group and solo exhibitions. Notable shows include Open Heart (1993–94), Same but Different (1996), and Grammar: Subjects and Objects (2001) at The Dowse Art Museum; and Talk to me: Collecting and making at Objectspace in 2010. Her work was also featured in Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery, a touring exhibition that traveled to Galerie Handwerk in Munich and The Dowse Art Museum in 2014.